American ASTRA Game Awards Announcement: Creative Toy Winner

Recently, the American Toy Specialty Retail Association (ASTRA) announced a list of ASTRA Play Awards. Since ASTRA members are mainly small-scale individual toy stores or community toy store merchants, the selected award-winning products have Quite a unique charm: they may not be from big names, but they all have small ideas.

Motion Game Award

Anywhere Sports – Trampoline Pong, Thin Air Brands

It adopts spring mesh design, which is light and easy to carry. Because it is a foldable and disassembled model, it can be used for single or double people, indoor and outdoor, and home travel.

Art Craft Toys Award

Inspirational Nature Plant Press, DJECO
This is a set that integrates herbarium making book, display book and art handmade. First clip the flowers and plants in the book to absorb the water; then use the matching glue to paste on the picture card to create a series of fresh and natural pictures, and bind them into a hand-made album for appreciation and collection.

Baby Toys Award

Spill Again, Fat Brain Toy Co.

The fun is in the sense of urgency the game brings! Babies press the button and watch the balls scatter all over the place while the timer starts ticking immediately. The baby must collect all the colored balls before the timer ends, and the process is very tense.

Brain Teaser Toy Awards

Safari Park Jr., Smart Toys and Games, Inc.

The abutments under the feet of wild animals limit the paths they can walk in the jungle. Players must move the wild animals to the designated position, and the rainbow door, grass, trees, and stones form the same picture on the task card. The game parts are simple, but the combinations are endless, allowing players to use their hands and brains.

Brick Toy Award

Dino World XL, Magna-Tiles

Use oversized colorful magnetic pieces to assemble an oversized world of prehistoric dinosaurs! In addition to dinosaurs with movable limbs, scenes such as mountains and trees can also be assembled to become the background of dinosaur stories.

Environmental Toy Award

Cheese and Charcuterie Board, PlanToys
The raw material of the product is the discarded rubber tree that no longer produces rubber. It is made by crushing into powder and then specially treated with edible coloring, which is environmentally friendly and safe. The gourmet accessories are integrated with Velcro, so that the baby can cut vegetables repeatedly and gain cooking experience.

Educational Toy Award

100 Pics, Countries, Asmodee

This is a set of word cards themed around countries. Players can spell out the correct country name according to the map graphics and scrambled letters, learn the name of the country and recognize the shape of the country in the game. The order of the pictures can be scrambled. There are many more flashcards in this series with different themes.

Parent-Child Games Award

Sleeping Queens 2 – The Rescue!, Gamewright

The Pancake Queen and Ladybug Queen are back in the game with new helpers. The new task this time is to rescue the king while guarding against evil forces! Suitable for parents to lead children to explore together.

Big Kids Toys Award

Herd Mentality, Gamewright/Big Potato

The game is very simple, just think what other people think. Write down the answers to the host's questions. Note that your answer must be consistent with at least one player's answer, so that you can get a cow chip. If your answer is completely different from others, the angry red bull will be yours until the next A unique answer emerges round by round. The first player to get 8 cow chips wins.